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(in my opinion)Infinity has been the meaning of endless or limitless or larger than any natural number, that cannot be measure, and has no end .The common quote they used to describe life.”Life has infinite choices and possibilities”, as it has been described in Philosophy. Philosophy has been suggesting the concept of infinity in time, possibilities and in life.Infinity can also be the symbol of forever or never ending.

Infinity can be seen in this photos, where the horizon can be stretched for infinity, or if you dive into the water, you swim for infinity.

The song “Infinity” By Jaymes Young. This song talks about his devotion and love to his lover. As he hopes their love would last forever or “for infinity”.I personally think it has some sort of connection in the terms of mathematic terms for infinity, as both indicates that you can’t measure infinity, or in the same aspect, measure love.As well as potential, as in relationship can grow and evolve infinitely, and in mathematic would be the finding of infinity possibilities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFgXCpg193I

1. What is infinity?  Explain in your own words.
2. Describe either a conversation you had about infinity or an argument you had about infinity. Give us the details!

Infinity I think of it simply as a very large number which we cannot count. If you think of the largest number you can imagine, if you add one, it will always result in a larger number. And that ‘number’ I think as infinity. And also whenever I think of infinity the constant PI comes to mind as the amount of decimals it has goes on forever.

A math professor I once had told us that there are different sizes of infinities. Which I think doesn’t make any sense but explained it that went something like this. If we think about the amount of possible numbers including that can exist between the whole numbers 5 to 6, we an infinite amount of numbers if we write decimal numbers increasing by the number of decimal points (eg.5.1,5.11,5.111 etc). We can say that there exists an infinite amount of numbers between both numbers. But now if we consider the whole numbers 5 to 7, between 5 to 6 there are an infinite amount if numbers and also between 6 to 7. However, the infinite amount of numbers between 5 to 7, consists of the sum of both infinities (5 to 6 and 6 to 7) and therefore larger than the infinity between 5 to 6.This concept makes sense and at the same time seems pretty silly so I try my best not to think much about it.

What is infinity?

Infinity is an idea of something that has no limits or something that continues on endlessly. We know that in math that infinity is often categorized in a number form or looked at as if it is a number, but not a specific number but something that keep going in a positive or negative direction. Though outside the math world, infinity can be known as something that has the same meaning but represented differently. For example if we look at it from a more philosophical view, infinity is something that is undefined or unknown, which can also bring unease to many people because there is no solid or finite structure to it.

Infinity can also be known as something that has an endless possibility. People are example has an infinite about of room to create, imagine, and make choices that can end up with any possible results. Just like the city, which many people can say that they move to the city for more opportunities, for the idea of infinite amount of chances, where anything can happen and you will never know what will happen which is that the picture that I provided represents. It is the overview of the New York City, where anything is possible and that there are infinite amounts of things going on and infinite amounts of opportunities that one can go explore.

1. What is infinity?  Explain in your own words.
2. Find a reference to infinity in popular culture (a song, a movie, a product, a book, etc.).  What does infinity mean in this context?  Does is mean the same thing that it means in mathematics? Explain. (Include a link to the pop culture item in your post).

As I define it, infinity is something that has no end, no limit. In term of size, it can be limilessly big or small. I usually take the infinite number pi to illustrate my understanding of infinity.

In the manga Jujutsu Kaisen, during his fight against Jogo, Gojo explained how his special ability “infinity” works ( https://youtu.be/l4y0cMLEnk4 ). Indeed, the closer an object gets to him, the slower the object infinitely slows down until it seems to stop (but never stops), and nothing can touch him. When the object enters the infinitely divided space he created around him, it will slow down continuously. Basically, Gojo’s “infinity” manifests as the cumulation of an endless series causing anything attempting to reach him to slow down endlessly. A mathematical explanation would be that the acceleration of the object is decreased by dividing it an infinity amount of time which will eventually look like it is not moving at all but will always be in motion.

This concept parallels certain theories in physics regarding the nature of touch, which say that we don’t touch anything and that the sensation of touch is only a repulsive force between electrons although touch seems obvious, since we feel textures, heat. But in reality, two atoms cannot come into direct contact, because the electron clouds surrounding their nuclei repel each other (negative charges against negative charges). To put it simply, when two objects come into contact, the electrons of object A repel that of object B because of the similarity of the charges. When you touch something, you feel the repulsive force between the electrons. The harder the touch, the greater the repulsive force.

This is a line that I drew to illustrate my understanding of infinity. In primary school, a line was defined to me as an infinite number of point connected to each other and also extends endlessly in both directions. To simple, this line is made of an infinite number of point or dots.